Regional variation in the association between advance directives and end-of-life medicare expenditures

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1447-1453

  Nicholas, Lauren Hersch ^a   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b   Weir, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053510713     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1410     Document Type: Article

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